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Also known as: Slocum's and Sweatman's Theatre; Sweatman's Arch Street Opera House; Simmon's Theatre; Simmon's & Slocum's Theatre; Arch Street Opera House (1870-1879); Park Theatre (1879); New Arch Street Opera House (1884); Continental Theatre (1889); Gaiety Theatre (1890); Casino/Palace Theatre (1892); Troc Theatre (1940)
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Published References

  • Webster, Richard J., Philadelphia Preserved. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1976., p. 123, 347
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    Client/Project Name: Trocadero Theatre

     
  • Glazer, Irvin R. Philadelphia Theatres, A-Z: A Comprehensive, Descriptive Record of 813 Theatres Constructed Since 1724. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986., p. 227-229
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    Client/Project Name: Trocadero Theatre

     
  • Morrison, Craig. Theaters. New York: W. W. Norton, 2006.0-39373108-1, p. 77
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    Client/Project Name: Arch Street Opera House

    Architect Referenced: Durang, Edwin Forrest (1829-1911)

     
  • National Register. (National Register Information System)
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    Client/Project Name: Arch Street Opera House

     
  • Pennsylvania Cultural Resources Geographic Information System, a cooperative venture of the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
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    Client/Project Name: Arch Street Opera House

     
  • Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Cultural Resources Database
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    Client/Project Name: Arch Street Opera House

     
  • Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) Collection at the Library of Congress
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    Client/Project Name: Arch Street Opera House (HABS PA-1495)

     
  • Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 9, n. 37, p. i, 9/12/1894
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    Client/Project Name: Arch Street Opera House

    Architect Referenced: George Plowman & Co. (fl. 1886 - 1894)

     
  • Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 11, n. 27, p. 523, 7/1/1896
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    Client/Project Name: Winpenny, J. Bolton / Old Arch St. Opera House

    Architect Referenced: George Plowman & Co. (fl. 1886 - 1894)

     
  • Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 11, n. 27, 7/1/1896
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    Client/Project Name: The Trocadero; Arch St. Opera House

    Architect Referenced: George Plowman & Co. (fl. 1886 - 1894)

     
  • Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, v. 16, n. 32, p. 511, 8/7/1901
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    Client/Project Name: Trocadero Theatre

    Architect Referenced: George Plowman & Co. (fl. 1886 - 1894)

     
  • Marquee: The Journal of the Theatre Historical Society of America, Vol. 40, No. 4, 4th Quarter 2008, p. 3 (ill.)
     
  • Allen, Ralph G. "Burlesque." American Heritage. July, 2002: 49-55.
     
  • Philadelphia Register of Historic Places (Imported)
     
  • National Register Information System database (imported May 8, 2001)
     
  • HABS/HAER/HALS list for Philadelphia and surrounding counties (imported November 8, 2001)
     

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